Tap and faucet



(No Model.)

P. P/GARDNER.

Tap and Faucet.

Patented Oct. 26, 1880.

UNITE STATES EErcE.

PATENT TAP AND FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,668, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed September 1, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PLINY F. GARDNER, of Hills Ferry, county of Stanislaus, and State of California, have invented an Improved Tap and Faucet; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to an improved tapand-faucetattachment for drawing beer and other liquids from casks; and it consists of a plug so fitted into an outer shell and guided by a screw working into the center of the plug that the plug, when forced in, will not fall into the barrel or cask, but be supported on the central screw, and can be drawn forward again, if it is found expedient to stop up the cask. The central supporting and guiding screw is held in place by a curved band of metal or a basket projecting from the inner side of the head of the cask, all of which will more fully appear hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a plug or tap which will stop the cask or vessel when drawn forward, and which may be moved back by the action of screwing the faucet in, so as to open a communication between the interior of the cask and the faucet, while the said tap is at the same time guided in its movement and prevente(l,\vhen forced in, from dropping into the cask, and avoid the necessity of opening the cask after the liquid has been withdrawn to recover it.

It has the further object of providing a means by which the cask can be plugged with the same plug, if there should be any need of it, before the liquid is all withdrawn.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figurel represents my invention with the plug tight in the cask and its inner end fitted on the guide-screw. Fig. 2 shows the plug forced in and the guide-screw worked down within it, supporting it in position.

Let AA represent the head of the cask, with the orifice, into which is fitted the outer shell, (J, with the plug D working therein. In the inner end of the plug D is the receiving-hole 1). On each side of the hole, on the inside of the head A A, is fastened the arched band F by screwing the feet, as shown at a a. This band F is made of a strip of metal of a width sufficient to support the guide-screw G, which (No model.)

projects from the central point of the band, as shown.

The point of the screw Grfits into the cavity E of the plug D, whereby the plug, when screwed in, works upon the screw G to its upper end, where it is supported and held'until wanted. In the outer shell, 0, are the openings d d. The plugD is provided with a square head, 6, upon which fits the end of thefaucet H,wherebyitis screwed in until the openings h h fit over those at d d and the liquid flows out. The fancetHis made to screw into the shell 0, as shown at 0. It is provided with the spigot S in usual form.

By this construction I am enabled to force the plug back until the holes h in the faucet correspond with those d in the shell 0 without forcing the plug entirely out, and this simplifies the construction and prevents leakage or the loss of the plug.

I am aware that taps have been heretofore employed to stop cocks, and that they have been forced back to give passage to the contents either by falling entirely into the cask or by uncovering holes in the sides to admit the passageof theliquid. Idonotthereforeclaim, broadly, these devices; but

I hat I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The band attachment F for the inside of cask-heads, with its projecting, guiding, and supporting screw G, in combination with the plug D, having the receiving-hole E, into which the screw G works, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. The faucet H, fitted to screw into the shell or sleeve 0, and provided with holes or slots h through its sides, which, when the faucet is screwed into its seat, will correspond and connect with the similar passages d in the shell 0, in combination with the plug D, moving within the shell 0 and guided by the spindle Gr within the arch or band F, so as to open or close the passages d, substantially as herein described.

' In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PLINY F. GARDNER. 

